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Ballycowan Rath, rath and souterrain, grid ref: J1340 9927 [2] Ballycraigy Mound, grid ref: J1710 8552 [2] Ballyharry; Ballylumford Dolmen (aka Druid's Altar), Islandmagee, portal tomb, grid ref: D4304 0160; Ballynashee and Ballyalbanagh, Hilltop round cairn, grid ref: J2778 9794; The Broad Stone, grid ref: C9793 1756; [1] see Craigs Dolmen
Souterrain (from French sous terrain , meaning "subterrain", is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age. These structures appear to have been brought northwards from Gaul during the late Iron Age.
By 1704, the population of Ballymena had reached 800. In 1707, the first Protestant (Church of Ireland) parish church was built. In 1740, the original Ballymena Castle burned down. The Gracehill Moravian settlement was founded in 1765. During the 1798 rebellion, Ballymena was occupied from 7 to 9 June by a force of around 10,000 United Irishmen ...
At Antiville, in a marshy area beside a tributary of the River Larne, a rectangular house and souterrain were discovered enclosed by a shallow ditch cut through the peat with a slight bank on the inner side.
Originally the entrance to the souterrain was contained within an earthen mound, which was disturbed by the construction of a road in the 1930s. [15] The souterrain is constructed of drystone walling, orthostats and lintels (with Ogham inscriptions), and measures a total of approximately 10.5 m (34 ft) from the entrance to the natural cave. The ...
Tobergill (from Irish An Tobar Geal, meaning 'the bright or white well') [1] is a townland of 1,044 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.Lying on the western aspect of Donegore hill, it is situated in the civil parish of Donegore and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.
Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later.
The cashel contains two clocháns, a fireplace, souterrain and several postholes, and stepped terracing. The gateposts are formed by upright slabs. [9] An oblong chamber in the souterrain is 5.5 metres (18 ft) long. [10]